15388 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
September 18, 1890—Senate. 
Mr. D. W. Voornexs introduced bill (S. 4409), same as H. 11208 
of June 30, 1890; which was read the first time by its title. 
Mr. Voornees. I beg the indulgence of the Senate, as it is very 
brief, to have the bill read as a tribute to a former distinguished citi- 
zen of my State. 
The bill was read the second time at length. 
Referred to Committee on the Library. 
September 24, 1890—House. 
Mr. Cuaries O’Ner, from Committee on the Library, submitted 
report (H. 3179) on H. 11208: 
The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the bill (H. 
11208) for the erection of a statue of Robert Dale Owen on the grounds 
of the Smithsonian Institution, having considered the same, submit 
the following report, adopting the report made May 11, 1888, by Ilon. 
William G. Stahlnecker, chairman of the committee in the Fiftieth 
Congress. (See House Report No. 2091, 50th Cong., 1st sess.) 
Your committee recommend that the bill do pass, with the fas 
amendments, viz: 
In line 9, after the word ‘‘ Columbia,” insert ‘‘ to be located;” and 
in line 18, after the word ‘* Institution,” insert: ‘* Provided, however, 
That the expenditure of said money shall be made under-and by the , 
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.” 
Referred to Committee of the Whole. 
December 9, 1890—Senate. 
Mr. D. W. Voorneers, from Committee on the Library, reported 
S. 4409 favorably, with an amendment to.strike out the words ‘‘ said 
Regents” and insert the word ‘‘Secretary,” so as to read: 
With the concurrence and approval of the said Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution. 
The amendment was agreed to. 
Mr. F. M. Cockretu. I should like to ask the Senator who reported 
the bill if he knows how many precedents there are where Congress 
has made a direct appropriation for the erection of a monument out- 
side of any contributions or help from individual citizens? 
Mr. Voorness. Mr. President, I can not tell how many, but there 
area great many. This is not a monument exactly; it is a statue of 
the person. Abraham Lincoln’s statue was provided for by act of 
Congress and paid for entirely. The statue of Farragut was the same, 
and a number of others. 
Mr. Robert Dale Owen eminently and richly deserves this tribute? 
He is the founder of the Smithsonian Institution'—a man of culture, 
aman of science, a man of progress, and of knowledge—and I feel it 
1[Mr. Owen was chiefly instrumental in the passage in the House of Representa- 
tives of the act of Congress organizing the Institution, He can not be considered 
its ‘‘founder,’’ 
